In case the lands sought to be appropriated are held by any corporation, the right to appropriate the same by a railroad, telephone or telegraph company shall be limited to such use as shall not materially interfere with the uses to which, by law, the corporation holding the same is authorized to put said lands. Where no agreement can be made between the parties, the mode of assessing the damages provided heretofore, as to private persons, shall be adopted; and if the lands to be appropriated lie in more than one county, an application may be made in any one county in which any of the lands lie, and the damages shall be assessed as to all the lands of the defendant corporation along the whole line in one proceeding.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 523.100
Appropriation of lands of corporations by other corporations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Union Center Redevelopment Corporation v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation (1997)
Most recently applied in Union Center Redevelopment Corporation v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation (January 1997)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1512); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1348; 1919 § 1799; 1909 § 2368
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.